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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
100 EAST FIFTH STREET, ROOM 540
Deborah S. Hunt POTTER STEWART U.S. COURTHOUSE Tel. (513) 564-7000
Clerk CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3988 www.ca6.uscourts.gov

Filed: December 17, 2019

Notice of Oral Argument at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, February 6, 2020

Mr. Francis M. Hamilton III Mr. John E. Kelly Jr.

Office of the U.S. Attorney Bass, Berry & Sims
800 Market Street, Suite 211 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300
Knoxville, TN 37902 Washington, DC 20004

Mr. Shon R. Hopwood Mr. Benjamin James Vernia

Law Office Vernia Law Firm
3106 15th Street, N.E., 20017 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20017 Washington, DC 20004

Re: Nos. 18-6023/18-6101/18-6102, USA v. Mark Hazelwood, Heather Jones, Scott Wombold

Dear Counsel:

Your cases are scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday,
February 6, 2020 before a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati,
Ohio. The time allotted for oral argument is 10 Minutes for each Defendant; 30 Minutes for
Plaintiff. You may learn the names of the judges sitting on the panel by checking the Court's
calendar when it is posted on www.ca6.uscourts.gov two weeks prior to argument.

Only attorneys who plan on presenting oral argument are required to file the Oral Argument
Acknowledgment form. Please download this form from the website and file it by December 31,
2019.

On the day of oral argument, report to the Clerk's Office, Room 540 in the Potter Stewart
United States Courthouse, located at the corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets in Cincinnati by
8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). Court will convene at 9:00 a.m. Once you enter the courthouse, you
must use the elevators on the Main Street (east) side to access the Clerk's Office on the fifth
floor.
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If you had previously requested oral argument but now wish to waive it, a motion to that
effect should be filed with the court as soon as possible.

The panel may conclude, at a later date, that argument is not necessary. If that should occur,
you will be notified immediately that argument is cancelled, and the cases will be submitted on
the briefs of the parties and the record. This possibility should be taken into account when
making your travel arrangements, particularly in deciding whether to purchase refundable or
non-refundable tickets for air travel.

An attorney who has been appointed under the Criminal Justice Act should make travel
arrangements directly with National Travel, tel. (800) 445-0668. The Clerk's office has provided
National Travel with the required Travel Authorization which pays for CJA travel the day before
and day of oral argument. If you are a CJA appointed attorney and choose to make alternative
arrangements, reimbursement will be limited to the lesser of the government rate for airfare or
actual expenses.

Continuances of oral argument will be granted only in exceptional circumstances, upon the
motion of counsel. Counsel is strongly discouraged from seeking continuances and, where such
a request is to be made, the motion should be filed as soon as possible. The filing of a motion
for a continuance or to waive argument does not guarantee a ruling prior to the scheduled
argument.

Sincerely yours,

s/Jeanine R. Hance
Calendar Deputy

cc: Mr. Christopher Jeffrey Climo

Mr. David John Debold
Mr. David Ruben Esquivel
Ms. Megan Brenneman Kiernan
Mr. Brian Samuelson
Mr. Kyle Praveen Singhal